Influence of Rural Environmental Factors in Asthma

Jennilee Luedders; Jill A Poole

doi:10.1016/j.iac.2022.05.008

Influence of Rural Environmental Factors in Asthma

Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2022 Nov;42(4):817-830. doi: 10.1016/j.iac.2022.05.008. Epub 2022 Sep 23.

Authors

Jennilee Luedders¹, Jill A Poole²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985990 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA. Electronic address: jennilee.luedders@unmc.edu.
² Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985990 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA.

Abstract

Purpose: The objective of this article is to review recent literature on the implications of agricultural factors including pesticides, animal/livestock production facilities, agricultural dust, endotoxin, biomass/crop burning, and nutritional factors with respiratory health.

Methods: PubMed, Embase, and CINAHL literature searches for the years 2016 to 2021 were conducted with librarian assistance.

Results: Several studies suggest increased risk for asthma or wheeze with certain rural exposures, particularly for pesticides, livestock production facilities, agricultural dust, and biomass and crop burning.

Conclusion: A complex network of environmental factors exists, which may have detrimental effects on the respiratory health of rural residents.

Keywords: Agriculture; Asthma; Rural; Wheeze.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Animals
Asthma* / epidemiology
Asthma* / etiology
Dust / analysis
Endotoxins
Humans
Pesticides*
Respiratory Sounds

Substances

Dust
Pesticides
Endotoxins

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